Partners in Time: Award-winning online course that focuses on the history of society’s treatment of people with disabilities from ancient times through the present, the way that they lived, learned and worked throughout history and growth of the Disability Rights Movement

On April 4, 2017, the University of Minnesota Law School outreach committee, Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, sponsored a CLE, “Sex Trafficking of People with Disabilities”. This CLE was presented as a panel discussion and moderated by the Honorable Donovan W. Frank, United States District Court, District of Minnesota. Panel members included Laura Provinzino, Assistant U.S. Attorney, John Choi, Ramsey County Attorney, Sarah Bessell, Staff Attorney, The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center in D.C., and Abigail Sterner, Victim Advocate, St. Paul and Ramsey County Domestic Abuse Intervention Project. They each spoke about their perspectives and experiences with this issue

Disclaimer: The language used to describe people with developmental disabilities has changed over time. Many terms and language that are now considered disrespectful and offensive were once considered acceptable.
As people with developmental disabilities have begun to advocate for the use of “people first” language and more respectful words to describe people with disabilities in spoken and written language, terms such as “retarded,” “handicapped,” “trainable,” and “educable” have been replaced in many laws documents.
However, the remnants of what is now considered unacceptable language and terms may still be found in references to official governmental bodies (i.e. President’s Panel on Mental Retardation), organizations that were founded during these earlier years, federal laws, reports (i.e. Community Residences for Mentally Retarded Persons), case law, and quotations. These terms are used from time to time in this website, for historical accuracy.